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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tempo has 2 senses
- tempo(n = noun.time) pacing - (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played; Array is a kind of musical time
- tempo(n = noun.time) pace - the rate of some repeating event; Array has particulars: beats per minute, bpm, m.m., metronome marking
has particulars: accelerando, allegretto, allegro, andante, meno mosso, rubato
is a kind of rate
CIDE DICTIONARY
The rate or degree of movement in time. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tempo, n. (pl. -os or tempi)
1 Mus. the speed at which music is or should be played, esp. as characteristic (waltz tempo).
2 the rate of motion or activity (the tempo of the war is quickening).
1 Mus. the speed at which music is or should be played, esp. as characteristic (waltz tempo).
2 the rate of motion or activity (the tempo of the war is quickening).
Etymology
It. f. L tempus time
THESAURUS
tempo
andante tempo, arrhythmia, beat, beating, cadence, compound time, drumming, duple time, flutter, heartbeat, heartthrob, largo, march tempo, measure, mixed times, momentum, pace, palpitation, pitapat, pitter-patter, presto, pulsation, pulse, rag, ragtime, rat-a-tat, rataplan, rate, rhythm, rubato, sextuple time, simple time, speed, staccato, syncopation, syncope, tempo rubato, three-quarter time, throb, throbbing, time, time pattern, timing, triple time, triplet, two-four time, waltz time
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